Belostoma elongatum Montandon, 1908

Almeida, Thaís Melo de, Stefanello, Fabiano & Hamada, Neusa, 2019, Belostomatidae (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) held in the Invertebrate Collection of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil: inventory and new distributional records, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 59, pp. 1-23 : 8

Belostoma elongatum Montandon, 1908

( Figs. 1F , 5A )

Known distribution: ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires ( De Carlo, 1930), Catamarca ( De Carlo, 1930), Chaco ( De Carlo, 1930), Corrientes ( De Carlo, 1930), Entre Ríos ( De Carlo, 1930), Mendoza ( Lauck, 1962), Misiones ( Lauck, 1962), Salta ( Ribeiro, 2007), Santa Fe ( Lauck, 1962), Santiago del Estero ( Lauck, 1962). BOLIVIA: Roboré ( Lauck, 1962), Santa Cruz ( Lauck, 1962), Pando ( Lauck, 1962). BRAZIL: Mato Grosso ( Heckman, 1998), Mato Grosso do Sul ( Ribeiro, 2007), Minas Gerais ( Ribeiro, 2007), Piauí ( Ribeiro, 2007), Rio Grande do Sul ( Lanzer, 1976), Rondônia ( Ribeiro, 2007). PARAGUAY: Alto Paraguay ( Ribeiro, 2007), Asunción ( Montandon, 1908), Guairá ( Lauck, 1962), Paraguarí ( Lauck, 1962). PERU: Junín ( Lauck, 1962). URUGUAY: ( De Carlo, 1930), Artigas ( Ruffinelli & Pirán, 1959), Canelones ( Ruffinelli & Pirán, 1959), Montevideo ( Ruffinelli & Pirán, 1959), Rivera ( Ruffinelli & Pirán, 1959), San José ( Lauck, 1962), Treinta y Tres ( Ruffinelli & Pirán, 1959).

Material examined: 2 males and 2 females, pinned, BRAZIL, Mato Grosso, Poconé municipality, Ipiranga farm, 16°23’06”S 56°35’28”W, Malaise trap, 02.V.2006, J.A. Rafael & F.F. Xavier Fº colls., T. M. Almeida, 2013 det .; 5 males and 2 females, pinned, Chapada dos Guimarães municipality, 15°21’23”S 55°49’48”W, light trap, 05.V.2006, J.A. Rafael & F.F. Xavier Fº colls., T. M. Almeida, 2013 det. 2 females, pinned, Paraná, Tibagi municipality, Guartelá State Park , light trap, 10.XI.2007, J.A. Rafael & P. Grossi colls., T. M. Almeida, 2013 det .; 1 female, pinned, Londrina municipality, 13.X.2012, F. Carduco coll., T. M. Almeida, 2013 det .

Notes: This is the first record of B. elongatum to Paraná state ( Brazil).

Figures

Figure 1. Species of Belostomatidae. Dorsal view.(A) = Belostoma aurivillianum (Male, from Amazonas). (B) = B. bosqi (Female, from Ceará).(C) = B. costalimai (Male,from Pará).(D) = B.dallasi (Male,from Bahia).(E) = B.dentatum (Male, from Amazonas).(F) = B.elongatum (Male, from Mato Grosso).(G) = B.foveolatum (Male, from Ceará). (H) = B. guianae (Female, from Roraima). (I) = B. harrisi (Male, Amazonas). (J) = B. amazonum (Male, Amazonas). (K) = B. denticolle (Male, Amazonas).(L) = B.dilatatum (Male,Maranhão).Scale bar:2 mm.

Figure 5. Distribution of Belostomatidae in South America. Red symbol – known records, yellow symbol – new records. (A) = Belostoma dallasi (square),B. elongatum (circle), B. guianae (triangle). (B) = B. dentatum (circle),B.foveolatum (triangle), B.harrisi (square).